ICANN formally announced last night that both the GDD Summit and DNS Symposium scheduled to be held in Paris, France in May have been cancelled. The DNS OARC workshop which was slated to take place in the same venue the weekend after the ICANN events has also been cancelled. The GDD Summit is usually more business and operational focussed than the main ICANN meetings, so … [Read more...] about ICANN Cancels Paris Events
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ICANN GDD Summit & Related Events Choose Paris for 2020 Event
Paris, France will be the venue for a week of domain related events next May. ICANN has chosen Paris as the venue for the ICANN GDD Industry Summit and The DNS Symposium next May. Both the Registrations Operations Workshop and DNS OARC will also be held in the same venue that week. It'll be a very busy week! GDD Summit May 3rd - May 6th. The focus in these events … [Read more...] about ICANN GDD Summit & Related Events Choose Paris for 2020 Event
IGF Paris 2018 Online Registration Closed
Online pre-registration for the upcoming IGF meeting in Paris is now closed. You can still register at the venue, though whether that will have any negative implication isn't clear. If you've already registered you'll be able to pick up your badge at the following times: Friday, 9 November 2018, from 10:00 a.m. until 18:00 p.m. CET Saturday, 10 November 2018, from … [Read more...] about IGF Paris 2018 Online Registration Closed
IGF 2018 Paris Registration Open
Registration for the 2018 IGF has opened. The event, which is organised under the auspices of the UN, will take place in Paris from November 12 - 14 2018. Registration is free and if you are planning on attending you will need to register by November 3rd. Most of the event's scheduled sessions is already published on the event's official site. The event will be held … [Read more...] about IGF 2018 Paris Registration Open
IGF 2018 Open Forums Announced
This year's IGF is being held in Paris, as previously mentioned. While the event will be shorter than previous years it will still attract a broad range of attendees to the sessions. The event organisers have announced the approved list of "Open Forums". … [Read more...] about IGF 2018 Open Forums Announced
NDD Camp Domain Event in Paris
NDD Camp will be held in Paris on this Thursday June 21st. The event is free to attend, but registration is obligatory. The event features 3 parallel tracks with sessions covering a range of topics including: drop catching new TLDs aftermarket SEO online marketing managing domains content Full details of the event are available on the French … [Read more...] about NDD Camp Domain Event in Paris
Macron to Announce Paris as IGF Host
According to reports in the French media today French president Emmanuel Macron will be announcing France as the host of the 2018 Internet Governance Forum. In a report in today's Le Figaro the newspaper says that the announcement should be made later today: Le président de la République qui reçoit ce mercredi à l'Élysée une soixantaine de grands patrons d'entreprises de … [Read more...] about Macron to Announce Paris as IGF Host
French Domain Registry Reacts to Charlie Hebdo #jesuischarlie
The French ccTLD registry, AFNIC, has, in common with many other French organisations, come out strong in the aftermath of the attack earlier this week on Charlie Hebdo. Their front page currently displays the current image: and on their English language site they've provided a translated version: But what's a lot more interesting for DNS geeks is that they've … [Read more...] about French Domain Registry Reacts to Charlie Hebdo #jesuischarlie
.Paris Takes Over The Eiffel Tower
I mentioned the launch of the .paris pioneers earlier this week. Last night there was apparently a big event in Paris at the Eiffel Tower (Champs de Mars) and there were plenty of photos shared by the brands, companies and people in attendance. But what's really impressive is that they were able to get the message up on the side of one of Paris' best known monuments - the … [Read more...] about .Paris Takes Over The Eiffel Tower
.Paris Pioneers Go Live Tomorrow
It looks like around 100 .paris domain names will be going live tomorrow as part of the .paris "pioneer" program. Here are some of the well known names that will be first to get their .paris domain name: RATP - the Parisian transport authority has managed to get metro.paris (no that link won't work just yet) Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy have managed to get … [Read more...] about .Paris Pioneers Go Live Tomorrow